Three Ohio Men Charged With Planning Attacks in Iraq

February 21, 2006 --

3 Charged With Planning Attacks in Iraq
Three Men in Ohio Charged With Planning Attacks Against Military Personnel in Iraq. (AP)

U.S. Reclassifies Many Documents in Secret Review
At the National Archives, intelligence agencies have been removing from public access thousands of historical documents. (NY Times)

Lawmakers Deride Assurances on Arab Port Firm
Lawmakers criticize U.S. terms for approving an Arab company's takeover of operations at six major American ports. (Washington Post)

German Chancellor Calls in Army Over Bird Flu

Soldiers Will Help Recover Dead Birds in Hopes of Stopping Spread of H5N1 Virus. (ABC News)

India Slaughters Chickens in Bid to Contain Bird Flu
Shrouded in blue protective suits, hundreds of government workers labored through the evening on Monday to finish slaughtering tens of thousands of chickens in poultry farms in this rural corner of western India where cases of avian influenza have been reported. (NY Times)

Cases Worldwide
Sales fall as the culls begin. (The Guardian)

Hopes Fade of Iran Deal with Russia

Iran showed few signs on Tuesday that it was ready to strike a deal with Russia that would allay suspicions it is seeking nuclear weapons and stave off Western pressure for possible U.N. sanctions. (Reuters)

Iranian Students Plot Anti-U.S. Suicide Attacks
A group of potential suicide bombers in Tehran warned the United States and Britain it will attack coalition military bases in Iraq if there is a strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. (ABC News)

Germany Weighs if It Played Role in Seizure by U.S.

German prosecutors are investigating whether the German government worked secretly with the U.S. in a rendition case. (NY Times)

Kazakh Officers Linked to Murder

Kazakhstan's KNB security service has said five of its officers have been arrested over the murder of opposition politician Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly. (BBC)

Complete Versions of January Bin Laden Audio, Al Zawahri Video Posted Online

The complete version of an Osama bin Laden audio tape that aired on al Jazeera on January 19th was posted on extremist websites supportive of al Qaeda on Sunday. The tape was posted in its original Arabic version and as an English version with a voice-over likely by Adam Gadahn, who is also known as Azzam the American. The full Arabic transcript of the al Qaeda leader's tape had been posted on al Jazeera's website on the same day it aired excerpts of his statement, but little attention was paid to a line of poetry at the end of the statement which indicates bin Laden's determination not to be captured alive and which was the focus of news reports about the tape this weekend. The complete version of Ayman al Zawahri's most recent video was also posted on the same website. Al Jazeera had aired parts of the 11-minute video on January 30th, but never released a full transcript. In the parts not aired by al Jazeera, al Zawahri recounts four previous failed U.S. attempts to kill him. (ABC News Investigative Unit)